“The group of a number of elections by totally different Assemblies is prone to trigger the Federation to be suspended”. The warning from the Worldwide Volleyball Physique (FIVB) has not modified something. The Cameroon Volleyball Federation (Fecavolley) held two elections. The most recent occurred this Saturday, February 4, 2023.
The work in Yaoundé led to the re-election of the outgoing president, Julien Serge Abouem. The one candidate for this election, the chief gained the 90 votes at stake. A poll which is held two weeks after the election of Bello Bourdanne to the identical place, on January 20, by one other Common Meeting.
Two chairs for one chair
A scenario that’s each grotesque and unprecedented, the Fecavolley subsequently has two presidents, two boards of administrators and two common assemblies. Every Govt Bureau judges its authorized election and denounces that of the opposing camp. “We now have simply scored a helpful level on this tough match,” rejoices Julien Serge Abouem. The newly elected “president” has simply been summoned by bailiff to stop all actions within the identify of Fécavolley. A blow from the opposite “president”, Bello Bourdanne, whose election was accredited by the Minister of Sports activities, invested with the authorized prerogatives of management, regulation, supervision and monitoring of nationwide sports activities federations.
Minister Narcisse Mouelle Kombi believes that the renewal of the governing our bodies of Fecavolley ended on January 20 with the election of Bello Bourdanne. The latter has, furthermore, “by means of official recognition, took half within the designation of the Govt Bureau of the Nationwide Olympic and Sports activities Committee of Cameroon on January 26, 2023”, stated the member of the federal government. On this event, Bello Bourdanne was elected to the Board of Administrators of the stated Olympic Committee.
At first had been the texts
For the file, the disaster at Fecavolley was born of disagreements across the texts that ought to body the elections. The Bello Bourdanne faction being favorable to the texts of 2013. Whereas that of Julien Serge Abouem, against the directions of the Minister of Sports activities, who was additionally in favor of the 2013 texts, adopted his personal in October 2022. That is how two Common Assemblies had been slowly put in place. Every having carried out its personal electoral course of. In Yaoundé, eyes are actually on the African Confederation and the Worldwide Volleyball Federation.
Arthur Wandji
Supply: sportnewsafrica
